Holder for cartridges.



No. 845,611. PATEHTBD FEB. 26, 1907. 5. J. BURNETT & 0. BUBEAR.

HOLDER FOR CARTRIDGES.

APPLIOATIONIILBD-JULY 12, 1906.

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HOLDER FOR CARTRIDGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb; 26, 1907.

Application filed July 12, 1906. Serial No. 325.890;

To all whom it may concern:

' ton, in the county of Somerset, in the Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Cartridges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders applicable for cartridges for military and sporting purposes, and has for its object an arrangement of spring-clip whereby the cartridges will be held perfectly safe from falling out and yet can be detached at a moments no tice. These holders can be attached to the usual form of belt worn round the body, and so constitute a bandolier, or the holder may be sewed or attached to suitable parts of the garment.

The invention is best described by aid of the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1, 2, and 3 are front elevation, back elevation, and plan of a single cartridge-holder; Figs. 4:, 5, and 6, front elevation, back elevation, and plan of a group of a slightly different form of clips.

In our holder the cartridge is suspended by its rim or bead without any practical possibility of the cartridges being jerked or dropped out.

Referring to the drawings, A is a cylindrical or very slightly conical portion, having in some instances parts B partially stamped out and pressed in, so as to form springs.

C C are holes punched through the material of the holder, and D D are a seriesusually three or four in numberof slots forming the holder beyond'the holes into a series of tongues. These are slightly pressed inward before tempering, so as to make the entire body slightly conical.

E is a band of spring-steel, tin-plate, or other suitable metal riveted with a couple of rivets F on each side of a joint of the socket. These have the double effect of converting the holder into a cylinder or cone, thus practically forming a joint and acting as a means for sewing or otherwise fastening the holder or series of holders onto a belt, waistcoat, or

other clothing, both at top and bottom, by

means of the holes G.

The spring-holder being formed in the manner herein stated, is tempered to a spring temper, and then if the bands E have not been applied previously they are riveted to the holders.

WVe declare that what we claim is- 1. The combination of a conical springholder formed of spring metal, bent into a circle with bands of metal near the top and bottom riveted thereto on each side of the joint, and having means for attachment to a band, belt or clothing, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a spring-metal holder for cartridges, comprising an upper substantially cylindrical body portion; and a series of tongues extending downwardly from said body portion and substantially all around the same, the tongues inclining gradually inward from the upper to the lower ends thereof, whereby a cartridge slightly less in diameter than the interior of the body portion will be held by the tongues at the upper portion thereof but may be for cibly withdrawn downwardly between said tongues to remove it from said holder.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a cartridge-holder, comprising an upper cylindrical portion formed of spring metal; a se ries of springs stamped out of the body of said cylindrical portion and bent inwardly therefrom; and a series of substantially straight tongues extending downwardly from the lower portion of the cylindrical body, said tongues being bent inward from the upper to the lower portions thereof, whereby a cartridge may be held in the holder, being prevented from moving upward from the same by the inwardly-projecting springs, but being free to be moved downward from between the tongues by a pull upon the lower end of the cartridge.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a cartridge-holder comprising a cylindrical body portion provided with means for preventing the upward movement therethrough of a cartridge which has been passed into the same; and spring retaining devices extending 1906, in the presence of two subscribing Witdownwardly from the lower portion of said nesses. cylindrical body for holding the cartridge in JOHN JOYCE BURNETT. place until forcibly Withdrawn downwardly 3 CHARLES BUBEAR.

5 from between said spring retaining devices. Witnesses:

In witness whereof we have hereunto RICH. CASTLE, signed our names, this 29th day of June, ARTHUR WV. SMITH. 

